Colony and West open Alaska Division I playoffs with wins

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It’s playoff time in Alaska with the Division I quarterfinals and Division II and III semifinals this weekend.

Colony, No. 4 in the latest High School Football America Alaska Top 5, and No. 5 West opened the Division I playoffs with victories Friday night.

Related: Alaska high school football scores

Colony cruised to a 47-0 win over East, which sends Knights into the semis where they’ll meet the winner of Saturday’s game between East and Chugiak. East is No. 1 in our Alaska Top 5.

West crushed Wasilla 43-8. Next week, the Eagles get the winner of Bartlett, No. 2 in our state rankings, and Service.

Saturday’s Playoff Matchups

Division I

Chugiak (1-7) at East (7-1)

Service (4-4) at Bartlett (7-1)

Division II

Palmer (6-2) at Soldotna (7-1)

Eagle River (5-2) at Lathrop (6-2)

Division III

Ketchikan (6-1) at Ben Eielson (6-1)

Barrow (4-4) at Houston (7-1)

 

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.